Boycotts and Baby Stuff

Another long and rainy week bites the dust!

Actually, it's hard to believe, but at the beginning of this week we had the air on because it was hot and humid. Now for the past 3 days the high's have only reached the mid to upper 40's, so we've had the heat back on again.

Daniel decided to boycott his naps this week. A lot of people will say, "Oh, my kid stopped napping at that age too." To which I say, "Aww HECK NO!" Not happening. That boy needs naps, and I need quiet time. He still had to spend time in his bed, and was allowed to look at books. Instead he'd read for a bit and then do this loud whining sound over and over again.

Although, this happened on Monday night at supper:



I FINALLY got him to take a nap today, and he's been asleep for almost 3 glorious hours. Hopefully that means I won't have Captain Grumpy Pants on my hands tonight. That boy can throw a mean fit.

Yesterday, I had my OB appointment. I had told Daniel earlier that week we were going to go hear the baby's heartbeat. I tend to forget that he doesn't forget things. (Clearly he did not get his awesome memory from me.) He asked every day if we were going to Mommy's doctor that day. The other day he even got out his stethoscope, pulled my shirt up and listened to the baby. It was adorable.

I decided to just go right to Springfield after I got off at the Y. I wanted to stop back in at Babies R Us and grab another pair of sandals (or fwip fwops as Daniel refers to them as) for Daniel. Apparently he didn't want to ride in the cart, because as soon as I picked him up he flipped the heck out. He was screaming and yelling...and then perfectly fine once I told him if he was good we'd get chicken nuggets and french fries.

We headed over to Burger King to eat after that. There was another screaming fit because he wanted to run around instead of stand by me while I ordered. Thankfully they were fast and he was fine once we sat down. He was excited that I let him sit at the table instead of going into a high chair. He actually did a good job too!

 

Next stop was the doctor! I was kind of dreading it. Not the actual appointment, but the waiting. Last time, Daniel was inside of me, so it was kind of relaxing to chill and wait. Also boring at times, but still peaceful. He did so well though! I made him ride in, in his stroller and stay in it while we waited in the waiting room. We just talked. Then went back to do vitals and he chatted up and charmed the nurse. Once we got into the room, I let him out of the stroller. He was absolutely wonderful and we had to wait quite awhile. He did ask to go home a few times, but once the doctor came in he got excited all over again. He chatted her up too, and then got to be her helper. He held a paper towel that she could use to clear the gel off my stomach after using the Doppler. It took a couple of minutes to find the heartbeat, and baby moved a couple of times when she'd find it. Finally, baby stayed still and we got to have an extra long listen because Daniel thought it was so cool! Heartbeat was a healthy and strong 162 bmp. Such a lovely sound to hear.

We asked him if he was having a sister or brother and he said sister. That's been his answer a lot lately, so we'll see. It would be helpful since we have our girl name. We can't come up with a boy name though.

It was finally time to head home and I was hoping Daniel would fall asleep. No such luck. He talked my ear off. Since he's still rear facing it's extra hard to hear him, so half the time all I hear is, "blah blah blah....right Mommy?" Everything is "Right Mommy!?" Haha!

I think my next post will be about the boy again. I have a lot to update on him. Not the naughty stuff, but the adorable things that he says and does, because he's a pretty hilarious kid!